Brazilian museums can be viewed through the Google Art Project.
The device will be developed to compete with the Search, plus your World system launched by the company; it will be possible to view works from the Pinacoteca and the MAM.
247- The collections of the Pinacoteca do Estado and the Museu de Arte de São Paulo (MAM) can be viewed through the Google Art Project, whose second phase began this Tuesday.
The service makes part of the collections of major museums available online and allows internet users to visit exhibitions around the world through a tool similar to Google Street View. Virtual tours can be accessed through the website. www.googleartproject.com.
The Pinacoteca made available 98 works by 48 artists focused on Brazilian painting from the 19th and early 20th centuries. The Museum of Art selected 89 works by 85 artists. Highlights of the exhibitions include paintings by Almeida Júnior, Pedro Américo, Tarsila do Amaral, Amílcar de Castro, and Lygia Pape, among others. During the second phase of the program, the number of exhibitions grew to 151, making approximately 30.000 digitized works available.
Each institution chose a piece to be digitized in ultra-high resolution (7 billion megapixels). The feature provides wide-angle, general views of galleries and detailed views of works throughout the museum corridors. In addition to Brazilian institutions, the Google Art Project also offers works from important international galleries, such as the Van Gogh (Netherlands), Reina Sofia (Spain), Tate Modern (England), and the Uffizi Gallery (Italy).